320 Ign. Urban: 



colorata: aritherae dorso in i / 3 alt. affixae, ovatae muticao ad connectivura 

 eoloratae. Ovariuin in floribus niascnlis ovnlis abortivis minutum, in flori- 

 Inis hermaphroditis (unico tantum mihi obvio) basi receptaculi insertnm, ca. 

 3 nun. longo stipitatum Lanceolato- lineare ]>ilis erectis densissime villoso- 

 tomentosum; Stylus duplo brevior superne v. ad apicem glaber incurvns; 

 ovula 1- pendula olliptico-oblonga. Fructus pauci (2 — 3 pro racemo ex 

 Duss), usque S nun. longe stipitati 7 — 10 cm. longi, 3,5 — 4 cm. djametro, 

 exocarpio in sicco sublignoso, aquae immerso crasse coriaceo ca. 1,5 mm. (ox 

 Duss 3 — 4 mm.) crasso, dorso „rubro-flavescente" brevissime tomentosulo 

 plus minus grannlato, mesocarpio brunneo-purpureo, entlocarpio tenuiore al- 

 bido. Semina fructui aperto „funiculis amplis brevibus applanatis satis 

 longe adhaerentiä, hilo albo oblongo lateral i prope basin sominis, arillo clauso 

 cinnabarino, in statu vivo 1mm. crasso circumdata" (ex Duss) 1 — 4, si 1, 

 tum ovalia 3 — 4,5cm. longa, 1,3 — 2,5 cm. lata, panllo latiora quam crassiora 

 margine subacutata, si 2, tum oblique semiovalia v. semielliptica i. e. i'acie- 

 bus vicinis oblique desectis, dissepimentis nullis; testa in vivo „eoccinea 

 laevis" (ex Duss), crasse coriacea 1,5 mm. crassa, in sicco postremo rufescens 

 dense et tenuiter plicato-rugosa; albumen nulluni. Cotyledones a basi 

 (ad partem latiorem) ca. 8 mm. profunde et oblique incisae ideoque bilobae 

 (basibus cotyledonum sub germinatione verisimiliter radiculam hastato-circum- 

 dantibus); radicula ad incisionis partem intimam inserta inter cotyledones 

 omnino occulta perbrevis, 2 mm. longa, obtriangularis, plumula parum evo- 

 luta, e sqnamis apice pilos brunneos gerentibus formata. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe frequens in sylvis Trois-rivisres, rarior in 

 praeruptis difficilibus Riviere rouge et noire prope Camp Jacob, alt. 

 280 — 600 mm.: Duss n. 3757; Dominica ad Laion River: Ramage; 

 Martinique passim in sylvis Morne- rouge. Clianipflore, Fonds-Saint- 

 Denis: Duss n. 2, 1072; St. Vincent in sylvis Marriaqua Valley, alt. 

 500 — 600 m., rara: Smith n. 1633. — Flor. April. — JuL, truct. 

 Jim. — Aug. 



Ormosia Krugii Urb. (n. sp.) foliis 7- v. 9-, in planus juvenil, 

 usque 3-foliolatis, foliolis 7—15 mm. longe petiolulatis, ovalibus v. bre- 

 viter ovalibus v. ovali-ellipticis v. apicali obovato v. ovato, apice ob- 

 tusissimis, rotundatis v. truncatis, semper abrupte et plus minus longe 

 cuspidato-acuminatis, basi rotundatis v. subtruncatis, 7 — 25 cm. longis, 

 3,5 — 14 cm. latis, nervis utrinque valde manifestis rectis, supra glabria, 

 subtus minute et adpresse pilosis coriaceis; inflorescentiis axillaribus et 

 terminalibus panniculatis v. subcorymbosis rufo-tomentosulis, usque 

 35 cm. longis, pedicellis 4 — 6 mm. longis, prophyllis minutis calliforml- 

 bus; calyce 10 mm. longo, vexillo suborbiculari, apice exciso, supra 

 tmguiculum vix v. breviter auriculato, 13 — 15 mm. longo; fructibus 

 1 — 5-spermis. 



Ormosia dasycarpa Bello Ap. I (1881) p. 250; Stahl! Est. III 

 p. 99; Krug Ic. t. 300! , — non Jacks. 



Matos v. Palo de Matos Portor. 



